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STATE OF WASHINGTON 




DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
OLYMPIA, WASH. 




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LAWS AND REGULATIONS 




RELATING TO 




Livestock Sanitation 


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EFFECTIVE JUNE 11, 1915 




OLYMPIA. 
FRANK M. LAMBORN o^^^o PUBLIC PRINTER 
1915 








WASHINGTON LAWS AND REGULATIONS RELATING 
TO LIVESTOCK SANITATION. 



Section 1. On the written application of the owner of any 
bovine animal to the Commissioner of Agriculture for the ex- 
amination and testing of such animal to ascertain whether the 
same is infected with tuberculosis, it shall be the duty of the 
Commissioner of Agriculture to cause such examination and test 
to be made and in case more than one application shall be filed, 
the examination and tests shall be made in the order of the 
filing of the applications. The inspector of the Department of 
Agriculture making the examination and test shall be a vet- 
erinarian duly licensed to practice veterinary medicine, surgery 
and dentistry in this state, and shall qualify by giving a bond 
to the State of Washington with sufficient surety to be ap- 
proved by the Commissioner of Agriculture in the penal sum 
of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). 

Sec. 2. On such examination and test being completed, if 
the inspector shall believe that the animal inspected is infected 
with tuberculosis, the owner of the animal shall have the option 
of indemnity or quarantine; if he selects indemnity the owner 
and inspector shall appraise the value of the suspected animal. 
In the event of their failing to agree upon the value, they shall 
call upon the nearest county agricultural expert to decide the 
matter or in case there be no county agricultural expert in the 
county they shall apply to the judge of the superior court of 
the county where the animal or animals are located to appoint 
a third appraiser. The animal shall then be slaughtered under 
the inspection of the owner or his agent, should either of them 
desire to be present, and under the supervision of the inspector 
of the Department of Agriculture, and the inspector shall make 
a post-mortem examination and determine whether or not the 
animal is infected with tuberculosis. The slaughtered animal 
shall then be sold under the supervision of the inspector and the 
proceeds of the sale shall be remitted to the owner of the animal. 



If the proceeds of the sale shall not equal the appraised value 
of the animal the Department of Agriculture shall cause to be 
paid to the owner of the animal the difference between the pro- 
ceeds of the sale and the appraised value of the animal: Pro- 
vided, That in no case shall the state be required to pay any 
deficiency that will make the total amount received by the owner 
more than seventy- five dollars for an animal found free from 
tuberculosis upon post-mortem examination, or more than 
thirty-five dollars for an animal found infected with tubercu- 
losis. Every county agricultural expert who shall act as an 
appraiser as hereinabove provided shall receive his actual neces- 
sary traveling expenses in going to and returning from the 
place of appraisal, and every appraiser appointed by the judge 
of the superior court shall receive his a,ctual and necessary trav- 
eling expenses and a per diem of three dollars for the time 
actually spent, to be paid by the state: And provided further, 
That the state shall not be required to pay the owner of any 
animal imported into this state within six months prior to such 
inspection and test the sums hereinabove provided for, but the 
owner of such animal shall receive the proceeds of the sale of 
such slaughtered animal: And provided further, That the 
right to indemnity shall not exist, nor shall payment be made 
for any animal owned by the United States, this state or any 
county, city or village in this state. 

Sec. 3. Whenever the appropriation made by the legisla- 
ture for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act 
during any biennium shall be exhausted, no further animals 
shall be slaughtered under the provisions of this act. 

Sec. 4. Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture shall 
have reason to' believe that any bovine animal about to be im- 
ported into this state is infected with tuberculosis he shall have 
the power and authority to quarantine such animal at the state 
line and make an examination and test thereof and if any such 
animal shall be found to be infected with tuberculosis it shall 
not be permitted to enter this state. (Chap. 100, Laws 1915.) 



Sec. 5. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have gen- 
eral supervision of all contagious and infectious diseases among 
domestic animals within or that may be in transit through the 
state and he is empowered to establish quarantine against any 
and all such animals affected with any contagious or infectious 
disease or diseases or that may have been exposed to others 
thus diseased, whether within or without the state : Provided, 
That no bovine animal that has been in this state more than 
six months shall be quarantined for tuberculosis without the 
tuberculine test and the Commissioner of Agriculture is em- 
powered to establish and enforce quarantines for such length 
of time as he may deem necessary to determine whether any 
bovine animal about to be imported into this state for feeding, 
breeding or dairy purposes is infected with tuberculosis, and 
he may with the concurrence of the state board of health, make 
such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the 
protection against the spread and for the suppression of con- 
tagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals, which 
rules and regulations shall be published and enforced, and in 
doing said things, or any of them, he shall have the power to 
call on any one or more peace officers, whose duty it shall be to 
give him all the assistance in their power, and every person vio- 
lating or failing to comply with any such rule or regulation 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Sec. 3203, R. & B.) Laws 
1915. 

Sec. 6. Quarantine shall mean the placing and restraining 
of any animal or animals by the owners or agents in charge of 
them within certain enclosures described or designated by the 
Commissioner of Agriculture, the Assistant Commissioner of 
Agriculture assigned to the division of dairy and live stock or 
any inspector of the Department of Agriculture, in writing. 
Any owner or owners or agent who fails to comply with or will- 
fully violates or negligently allows such quarantine to be vio- 
lated by the escape and running at large of quarantined ani- 
mals shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Sec. 3204, R. & B.) 
Laws 19l5. 



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PENALTY FOR RESISTING OR OBSTRUCTING. 

Sec. 7. Any person who willfully hinders, obstructs or re- 
sists said veterinary surgeon or his assistants, or any peace 
officer acting under him or them when engaged in the duties 
or exercising the powers herein conferred shall be guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and punished accordingly. (Sec. 3205, R. & B.) 
Laws 1895. 

TO RESPOND TO CALLS— WHEN— SUBSTITUTES. 

Sec. 8. Whenever a majority of any board of health, 
county commissioners, city council, trustees of incorporated 
towns or township, whether in session or not, shall, in writing 
or by telegraph, notify the State Veterinary of the prevalence 
of or probable danger from any of said diseases, he shall at 
once repair to the place designated in said notice and take such 
action as the exigencies may demand, and he may in case of 
emergencies appoint substitutes or assistants, with equal power, 
whose compensation shall be five dollars per day and actual 
traveling expenses. (Sec. 3206, R. & B.) Laws 1895. 

VETERINARY SURGEONS TO REPORT DISEASED STOCK. 

Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of every graduate veterinary 
surgeon and every person professing to be a veterinary surgeon 
practicing their profession within this state to report to the 
State Veterinary Surgeon immediately upon the discovery 
thereof the existence or suspected existence among domestic 
animals within the state of any of the following diseases : 
Glander, tuberculosis, actinomycosis, hog cholera, swine plague, 
anthrax, contagious keratitis, stomatitis, putulosa, contagiosa, 
scabies, contagious abortion and rabies. In the event of the 
failure or refusal on the part of the above named persons to 
so do he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accord- 
ingly. (Sec. 3207, R. & B.) Laws 1895. 

DESTRUCTION OF DISEASED STOCK. 

Sec. 10. Whenever in the opinion of the State Veterinary 
Surgeon the public welfare demands the destruction of any dis- 
seased animals under the provisions of this act, he shall cause 



the same to be destroyed. No stock shall be destroyed except 
on the written order of the State Veterinary Surgeon. The 
Governor of the state with the State Veterinary Surgeon may 
co-operate with the government of the United States for the 
object of this act and the Governor is hereby authorized to re- 
ceive and receipt for any money receivable by this state through 
provisions of any act of Congress which may at any time be 
in force upon this subject, and to pay the same into the state 
treasury to be used according to the act of Congress and the 
provisions of this act. (Sec. 3208, R. & B.) Laws 1895. 

IMPORTATION OF CATTLE INFECTED WITH TEXAS DISEASE 

OR SPANISH FEVER. 

Sec. 11. The introduction of Texas cattle, or cattle in- 
fected with what is known as the Texas cattle disease or Span- 
ish fever, into the State of Washington, is hereby prohibited. 
(Sec. 3209, R. & B.) Laws 1895. 

PENALTY. 

Sec. 12. Any person or persons introducing or bringing 
into said state any Texas cattle, or cattle infected with the 
Texas disease or Spanish fever, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned 
in the county jail for a term not exceeding twelve months, or 
fined in a sum not less than five thousand dollars, or be both 
fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the court. (Sec. 3210, 
R. & B.) Laws 1895. 

Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful to bring into the State of 
Washington any horses, cattle or swine for work, feeding, 
breeding or dairy purposes without first having such animals 
examined and found free from the following contagious dis- 
eases : Glanders, farcy, tuberculosis, actinomycoesis, rinder 
pest, foot and mouth diseases, contagious abortion, contagious 
keratitis, scabies, maladie du coit, swine plague and hog cholera 
and without having obtained a permit so to do from the Com- 
missioner of Agriculture, the Assistant Commissioner of Agri- 
culture assigned to the division of dairy and live stock or an 



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inspector of the Department of Agriculture assigned to the 
division of dairy and live stock and no railroad or transporta- 
tion company, or other common carrier shall bring any such 
animals into this state without first having had the same ex- 
amined and found free from said diseases and having obtained 
the permit hereinabove provided for. The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to animals imported into this state for 
immediate slaughter, or to range stock cattle imported into this 
state for range pasturage or beef cattle imported for the pur- 
pose of feeding in transit, but it shall be unlawful to sell such 
cattle for dairy purposes. 

Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor- 
poration to sell for dairy or breeding purposes any animal im- 
ported into this state for immediate slaughter. (Sec. 3211, 
R. & B.) Laws 1915. 

DISPOSITION OF MONEYS COLLECTED. 

Sec. 15. Any money or moneys collected by the State Vet- 
erinarian or his deputies under this act shall be turned over to 
the State Treasurer upon the first day of each month to be 
turned into the general fund of the state. (Sec. 3212, R. & B.) 
Laws 1895. 

STOCK IMPORTED FOR EXHIBITION. 

Sec. 16. Animals brought into the state for the purpose of 
exhibition at town, county, district or state fairs shall not be 
subj ect to above regulations : Provided, however, That in 
event of sale being made from such exhibition, the animal sold 
shall be submitted to examination by the State Veterinarian or 
his authorized deputy and thereby be subject to the rules and 
regulations governing native Washington cattle. (Sec. 3213, 
R..&.B.) Laws 1895. 

PENALTY FOR UNLAWFUL IMPORTATION. 

Sec. 1.7. All railroad, livestock, transportation and stock- 
yard companies and their employees and all other persons are 
hereby forbidden to bring horses, cattle, and swine into the 
state except in compliance with the foregoing regulations, and 



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any violation of the same will constitute a misdemeanor and be 
punished accordingly. (Sec. 3214, R. & B.) Laws 1895. 

LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES FROM INFECTED CATTLE. 

Sec. 18. Any person or persons offending, as stated in sec- 
tion 3209, shall be liable for any and all damages to any person 
or persons that may be injured by reason of the introduction 
of such Texas or diseased cattle. (Sec. 3215, R. & B.) Laws 
1895. 

DUTY OF SHERIFFS AND CONSTABLES. 

Sec. 19. It shall be the duty of the sheriffs and constables 
of the several counties in the state to arrest and bring before 
a justice of the peace, for examination, any person they have 
reason to believe has violated section 3209. (Sec. 3216, R. & B.) 
Laws 1895. 

Note. — Reference originally made in the statutes to others as ex- 
ecutive or enforcing officers now apply solely to the Commissioner of 
Agriculture or his authorized representative. 



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POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER— (A) VICE 

STATE VETERINARY— SHEEP INSPECTION 

AND DISEASED SHEEP. 

Sec. 30. Duties of Inspectors — Investigating Diseases. 

Sec. 31. Governor May Prohibit Importations. 

Sec. 32. Co-operation by United States Bureau. 

Sec. 33. Dipping for Scabies — Certificate. 

Sec. 34. Inspection and Quarantine — Expenses Paid by 
Owner. 

Sec. 35. Quarantine of Infected Sheep — Penalty. 
Sec. 36. Moving Infected Sheep — Permit — Notice. 
Sec. 37. Importation — Inspection — Quarantine. 
Sec. 38. Refusal of Owner to Dip — Powers of Inspec- 
tors. 

aSec. 39. Importing Infected Sheep — Penalty — Disinfec- 
tion. 
Sec. 40. Sale of Diseased Sheep — Penalty. 
Sec. 41. Quarantine Limits. 

Sec. 42. Report to Veterinarian of Infection. 
Sec. 43. Inspection Expenses — Owner to Pay. 

Sec. 44. Compensation of Inspectors — Record and Re- 
ports. 

Sec. 45. Annual Report to Governor. 

Sec. 46. Wrongful Handling of Sheep by Inspectors — 
Penalty. 

Sec. 47. Mingling Infected Sheep — Liability of Owner. 

Sec. 48. Disposition of Fines — Lien on Sheep. 

Sec. 49. County to Furnish Supplies. 

Sec. 50. Action on Inspector's Bond. 

Sec. 51. Spreading Disease — Liability of Owner — Lien — 
Actions. 

Sec. 52. Foreclosure of Liens — Costs and Attorney's 
Fees. 



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DUTIES OF INSPECTORS— INVESTIGATING DISEASES. 

Sec. 30. It shall be the duty of the State Veterinarian and 
of the deputies under his direction, to investigate all cases of 
contagious and infectious diseases among sheep within the state 
which may come to his or their knowledge and to make official 
visits of inspection to any locality where such diseases exist or 
where they have reason to believe such disease may exist, and 
to inspect or cause to be inspected any sheep within the state, 
and all sheep brought into the state from any other state, terri- 
tory or foreign country, and he or they shall have authority to 
order a quarantine of any infected premises, and in case such 
disease shall become prevalent in any locality within the state, 
the State Veterinarian may issue a proclamation forbidding any 
sheep being transferred from said locality without certificate 
issued by himself or one of his deputies showing such animals 
to be in good health, and the expense of herding, feeding and 
caring for all sheep quarantined under these provisions shall be 
paid by the owner thereof. The State Veterinarian and his 
deputies shall have the power to administer oaths and to ex- 
amine witnesses in so far as the same may be necessary in the 
performance of their duty. (Sec. 3219, R. & B.) 

GOVERNOR MAY PROHIBIT IMPORTATIONS. 

Sec. 31. Whenever the Governor of the state has reason to 
believe that scab or other contagious or infectious diseases of 
sheep have become prevalent in any locality or localities of any 
other state or territory, or that conditions exist that render 
sheep from such localities likely to convey disease, or whenever 
the State Veterinarian shall certify in writing to the Governor 
that conditions exist in localities in any other state or territory 
which may render any of the sheep coming therefrom likely to 
convey disease, the Governor shall by proclamation declare such 
locality as presumably infected, and prohibit importation there- 
from of any sheep into this state, except under such restriction 
as the State Veterinarian may deem proper. Any person, per^ 
sons, firm or corporation who, after publication of such proc- 



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lamation, has or received in charge any sheep from any of the 
prohibited districts and transports, conveys or drives the same 
to and within the limits of this state, shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one 
thousand dollars nor less than five hundred dollars. And such 
offending person, persons, firm or corporation shall likewise be 
liable for all damage sustained by any person, persons, firm or 
corporation by reason of the importation into this state of such 
sheep from prohibited districts : Provided, however, That noth- 
ing herein contained shall prohibit the transportation of ani- 
mals from such prohibited districts through the state by rail- 
road trains or steamboat lines under such restrictions as may 
be prescribed by the law of this state or by the government of 
the United States. (Sec. 3220, R. & B.) 

CO-OPERATION BY UNITED STATES BUREAU. 

Sec. 32. The Governor shall, through the secretary of 
agriculture of the United States government, request the co- 
operation of the United States bureau of animal industry in 
controlling and eradicating contagious and infectious diseases 
in sheep, and when said bureau, through its duly authorized 
representatives, agents, or employees, shall be thus engaged, 
they shall possess the same power and authority in this state 
as the State Veterinarian and his deputies under and by virtue 
of this act ; and all dipping and other treatment required for 
the control and eradication of such diseases within this state 
shall be performed in the manner prescribed by the United 
States bureau of animal industry, and the dips, remedies and 
appliances used shall be those approved by the said bureau of 
animal industry. (Sec. 3221, R. & B.) 

DIPPING FOR SCABIES— CERTIFICATE. 

Sec. 33. Whenever it becomes necessary by reason of the 
prevalence of scabies, or exposure of scabies, of the sheep of 
any county or counties in this state, the State Veterinarian 
shall have full authority to issue an order compelling the dip- 
ping of all the sheep in such district or localities, whether all 



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the sheep at the time be affected with or exposed to scabies or 
not ; and such dipping shall be done under the supervision of 
the deputy sheep inspector or federal inspectors, and shall be 
done in some dip or dips approved by the United States bureau 
of animal industry; and the dipping shall be performed in a 
manner in accordance with the rules and regulations of said 
bureau of animal industry. After dipping, when the official in 
charge shall be satisfied that the sheep are in a sound and 
healthy condition, the owner shall be entitled to receive a cer-. 
tificate to that effect signed by the said official ; and the said 
certificate shall be in such form as the State Veterinarian shall 
adopt ; such certificate shall permit the sheep to' move in and 
through all counties in this state so long as they remain free 
from disease and exposure thereto. (Sec. 3222, R. & B.) 

INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE— EXPENSES PAID BY OWNER. 

Sec. 34. The State Veterinarian and his deputies and the 
officials of the United States bureau of animal industry shall 
have authority to inspect and quarantine and treat sheep af- 
fected with a contagious, infectious or communicable disease 
or diseases, or suspected of being so affected, or that have been 
exposed to any such disease; and it shall be the duty of the 
deputy inspector to inspect once each year all the sheep that 
may be within his county ; and his fees and expenses for the 
inspection of such sheep shall be as hereinafter provided for in 
this act: Provided, however, That where it is necessary to 
inspect the same band of sheep more than once during any one 
year the owner or agent in charge of such sheep shall not be 
charged by the deputy inspector any fees or expenses for the 
second inspection, unless such inspection should reveal the 
said sheep to be actually affected with or exposed to scab or 
scabies, and in such event the owner or agent in charge of 
such sheep shall pay the fees and expenses of the deputy in- 
spector as hereinafter provided for. (Sec. 3223, R. & B.) 

QUARANTINE OF INFECTED SHEEP— PENALTY. 

Sec. 35. Whenever upon examination by such State Veter- 
inarian, his deputy or deputies or federal inspector, as the 



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case may be, any sheep, band or flock of sheep, or any portion 
of them kept or herded in any county of the State of Washing- 
ton, shall be found infected with scab or any other contagious 
or infectious disease, the entire band or flock in which said in- 
fected sheep are running or ranging shall be considered as 
infected and treated as such, and said State Veterinarian, his 
deputy or deputies, or the federal inspector, as the case may 
be, shall immediately quarantine the entire band or flock and 
forthwith notify the owner or person in charge of said sheep 
in writing, to dip said sheep twice for said disease within the 
period of thirty days from said notice ; the first dipping not to 
exceed fifteen days from the receipt of said notice, and the 
second dipping to be within the period of from ten to fourteen 
days thereafter ; and also during such period, to keep such 
sheep free from contact with other sheep by means as said in- 
spector shall specify until after the second dipping: Provided, 
That in case the owner shall regard it unsafe to dip the same 
on account of their condition, especially ewes heavy with lamb, 
or by reason of the inclemency of the weather, the official in 
charge may authorize such owner or person in control to place 
such sheep in a corral, field, feedyard or appropriate range, 
where such sheep shall be kept under quarantine regulations 
and free from contact with other sheep until such time as they 
are in condition to dip. Any person or persons so allowed to 
keep sheep in such corral, field, feedyard, or range, or who 
shall wilfully or knowingly take or permit to be taken any 
such sheep therefrom, except as permitted or directed by the 
inspector in charge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. 
(Sec. 3224, R. &B.) 

MOVING INFECTED SH EEP— PERMIT— NOTICE. 

Sec. 36. Any person, persons, firm or corporation within 
this state who shall desire to move his or their sheep which 
are infected with scab or other infectious or contagious disease 
from place to place within this state, shall first obtain from 



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the State Veterinarian or one of his deputies a traveling per- 
mit. Upon receipt of the application for such a permit the 
State Veterinarian or one of his deputies shall examine the 
sheep, and such permit shall only be granted for the purpose 
of removing said sheep to the nearest suitable point where 
there are available dipping works or where such works can be 
constructed, at which place said sheep shall be dipped under 
the direction of such official. In such removal only that route 
shall be used which such official shall designate in his permit, 
and before moving said sheep the owner or person in charge 
shall first notify all parties herding said sheep along or over 
said route that the infected sheep must travel, of the fact that 
they are to pass and the time at which they will pass over 
said route, and such route shall be considered as quarantined, 
and any person, persons, firm or corporation injured or dam- 
aged by reason of the moving of said sheep shall be entitled 
to recover from the owners thereof in civil action the amount 
of such damages : Provided, however, That no party shall be 
entitled to recover damages who shall voluntarily herd or cause 
to be herded any sheep on such quarantined ground, and any 
sheep so voluntarily herded on such ground shall be considered 
as affected as in this act provided for infected sheep within this 
state. Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any 
of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not 
less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. 
(Sec. 3225, R. & B.) 

IMPORTATION— INSPECTION— QUARANTINE. 

Sec. 37. Any person, persons, firm or corporation, their 
agent or employees, who shall drive or herd, or cause to be 
driven or herded, or bring or cause to be brought, by road or 
trail, into the State of Washington from any other state, any 
sheep, shall immediately upon crossing the said line and be- 
fore proceeding into the state a distance greater than two 
miles, make written application to the State Veterinarian or 
his nearest deputy, for the inspection of said sheep, and said 



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application shall be delivered in person or by telegraph or 
telephone or registered letter. The notice must state the time 
and place when and where the said sheep crossed the line, the 
locality from which they came, the name and residence of the 
owner or owners thereof, and of the person in control of the 
same, the number, the brands and character of the animals. 
The State Veterinarian on receiving such notice shall at once 
proceed, either by himself or his deputies to inspect the sheep, 
and if upon inspection he shall deem it necessary to prevent or 
avoid infection, he shall cause said sheep to be quarantined 
not more than three miles from where they entered the state 
for such priod as may be necessary, not to exceed thirty days. 
And if he shall regard it necessary, shall cause said sheep to 
be dipped not to exceed three times if infected, or once if ex- 
posed, before they are released from such quarantine. Any 
person, persons, firm or corporation, their agent or employees, 
who shall ship into the state by railroad or steamboat lines 
from any other state any sheep, shall immediately upon un- 
loading the same at any point within this state notify person- 
ally or by telephone or by telegraph or registered letter the 
State Veterinarian ; and thereupon the said official or one of 
his deputies shall proceed to inspect said animals, and if upon 
inspection he shall deem it necessary to prevent or avoid in- 
fection he shall cause said sheep to be quarantined not more 
than three miles from the point where they are unloaded for 
such period not to exceed thirty days as may be necessary, and 
if he shall deem it necessary shall cause said sheep to be 
dipped not to exceed three times if infected, or once if exposed, 
before they are releasd from such quarantine : Provided fur- 
ther, however, That such sheep are not for immediate slaughter 
or en route through the state on railroad trains or boat lines 
to other states, and that any sheep held in quarantine under 
this section may be released therefrom at any time for the 
purpose of immediate slaughter: And provided further, That 
if in the opinion of the State Veterinarian it is unnecessary 
to inspect sheep coming into this state from certain districts 
or localities from other states he may issue an order dispens- 



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ing with such inspection and restriction. Any person, persons, 
firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this sec- 
tion shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- 
viction thereof shall be fined not less than one hundred dol- 
lars nor more than five hundred dollars. Such fine shall be 
a lien upon the sheep and may be foreclosed as personal prop- 
erty liens are foreclosed under the existing laws of this state 
or may be enforced as a judgment against the offending party. 
(Sec. 3226, R.&B.) 

REFUSAL OF OWNER TO DIP— POWERS OF INSPECTORS. 

Sec. 38. If any other owner or person in charge of any 
sheep shall neglect or refuse to dip the same as required by 
the terms of this act upon request of the State Veterinarian or 
any of his deputies or any federal official clothed with power 
under this act, or to permit the same to be dipped by them, 
it shall be the duty of such official to seize such animals and 
dip the same, and he is hereby given authority so to do, and 
when in his opinion they are restored to health and free from 
possible infection he shall notify in writing the owner or per- 
son in charge of the sheep of the amount of the costs, charges 
and expenses incurred by him, and the same shall be paid within 
ten days of the receipt of such notice and the same shall be 
collected as in this act provided for the collection of like charges. 
(Sec. 3227, R. & B.) 

IMPORTING INFECTED SHEEP— PENALTY— DISINFECTION. 

Sec. 39. Any person, persons, firm or corporation who shall 
drive or cause to be driven, bring or cause to be brought, ship 
or cause to be shipped into this state, from any other state any 
sheep infected with scab or any other infectious or contagious 
disease and knowing of the condition of the same, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined not less than two hundred and fifty dollars nor 
more than one thousand dollars, and in case the offending 
party is a corporation, its officers shall be liable in the same 
manner as individuals would be liable. Any transportation 



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company which shall convey from point to point within this 
state any sheep infected with scab or. any other contagious or 
infectious disease, knowing the condition of the same, shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as 
in this section above provided. All corrals, yards, pens, sheds, 
chutes, cars or boats of such company which shall have been 
occupied by infected sheep shall immediately thereafter, and 
within forty-eight hours be disinfected by said company, and 
failure on its part so to do shall likewise be deemed a misde- 
meanor and punished as in this section above provided. Such 
disinfection shall be done in accordance with the rules of the 
United States bureau of animal industry relating to the dis- 
infection of such places, boats and cars, and the State Veter- 
inarian, his deputy, and the officials of said bureau of animal 
industry shall each have authority to enforce the provisions of 
this section, and when such company shall neglect for a period 
of forty-eight hours to so disinfect such officials may take pos- 
session of such corrals, yards, pens, sheds, chutes or boats, 
and proceed to disinfect them at the expense of such company, 
such expense to be recovered by an action in the name of the 
State Veterinarian in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
(Sec. 3228, R. &B.) 

SALE OF DISEASED SHEEP— PENALTY. 

Sec. 40. It shall be unlawful to sell, exchange, give away 
or in any maimer part with to another, any sheep infected 
with a contagious or infectious disease, or any animal which 
has, or which the owner of or his agent or employee or the 
party in possession thereof has reason to believe has, within 
thirty days next preceding such transfer, been exposed to any 
infectious or contagious disease, without first notifying the 
proper purchaser or purchasers of said sheep that it is so 
infected, or that it has been so exposed ; and any violation of 
the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor, 
and the penalty upon conviction shall be a fine of not less than 
one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars. (Sec. 
3229, R. & B.) 



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QUARANTINE LIMITS. 



Sec. 41. In all cases where quarantine of sheep is author- 
ized by the provisions of this act, the State Veterinarian and 
his deputies and the officials of the United States bureau of 
animal industry are each and all empowered to designate and 
specify the place, limits and boundaries of any quarantine area 
or territory, and they are hereby given authority over the same 
until the purpose of such quarantine shall have been effected, 
and any person, persons, firm or corporation owning or having 
in his or their possession sheep within such quarantined area, 
who shall permit or allow any of such sheep to go beyond the 
limits of the same, without permit from the official in charge, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be 
punished by a fine or not less than one hundred dollars nor more 
than five hundred dollars, and all of the officials above named are 
hereby clothed with full authority to control sheep and territory 
in quarantine, and to take and hold possession thereof as pro- 
vided by the terms of this act, and for all purposes thereof. 
(Sec. 3230, R. & B.) 

REPORT TO VETERINARIAN OF INFECTION. 

Sec. 42. It shall be the duty of any person, persons, firm 
or corporation owning or having in his or their control any 
sheep which have become infected with scab or any other in- 
fectious, communicable or contagious disease, or which have 
been exposed in any manner to such disease, to immediately 
report the same to the State Veterinarian by registered letter, 
telegraph, telephone or in person, within ten days after the 
said condition has come to his or their knowledge, and failure 
to do so, or any attempt on the part of any person, persons, 
firm or corporation to conceal the existence of such disease, 
or to wilfully or maliciously obstruct or hinder the inspector 
or his deputies in the discharge of his or their duties shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall subject the offender 
to a fine, upon conviction, of not less than one hundred dollars, 
nor more than five hundred dollars. (Sec. 3231, R. & B.) 



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INSPECTION EXPENSES— OWNER TO PAY. 

Sec. 43. The expense of inspection, feeding, holding, dip- 
ping, treating and taking of all sheep inspected, quarantined, 
dipped or otherwise treated under the provisions of this act, 
including the fees and expenses of any deputy sheep inspector 
arising in connection with the same, must be paid by the 
owner of such sheep and such charge shall be a lien upon such 
sheep for such charges and expenses, which lien shall be prior 
and paramount to any and all other liens, demands or other 
claims against such sheep, and the State Veterinarian or his 
deputies may retain possession of such sheep until such charges 
and expenses have been paid. Such lien shall be enforced at 
any time after ten days from the date when said charge shall be 
incurred and shall not be dependent upon possession of said 
sheep and may be foreclosed in the name of the State Veterin- 
arian in the manner provided for the foreclosure of other liens 
upon personal property ; or in lieu of foreclosing such lien said 
State Veterinarian may bring an action in his own name in any 
court of competent jurisdiction to recover the amount of such 
charges and expenses : Provided, however, That when work is 
done by the State Veterinarian in person he shall charge no fees. 
(Sec. 3232, R.&B.) 

COMPENSATION OF INSPECTORS— RECORD AND REPORTS. 

Sec. 44. The deputy inspectors provided for under this act 
shall be entitled to no salary, but shall receive fees and ex- 
penses as follows, to-wit: For all services performed in the 
examination or inspection of sheep or in quarantining or dip- 
ping sheep or any duties made incumbent upon them under 
this act, the sum of four dollars per diem for any day or part 
of a day so utilized by them, and in addition thereto their actual, 
necessary expenses attending the performance of such duties, 
the same to be paid by the owner of the sheep as in this act 
provided: Provided, however, That no inspector of the United 
States bureau of animal industry shall make any charge for fees 
or expenses against the owner or owners of any sheep in the 
state for any service performed. And every deputy inspector 



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appointed under the provisions of this act must keep a book to 
be known as the "Inspection Record," in which he must enter 
and record all his official acts and accounts as such deputy in- 
spector, and such record shall show the names of owners of all 
animals so inspected, the number thereof, the reason why such 
inspection was made, the names of the persons to whom certifi- 
cates of health were granted and the date thereof, the brands 
upon said sheep, all orders and directions made by him in each 
case, the amount of his per diem and expenses in each case, and 
such other matters as the State Veterinarian may require. And 
each deputy must, on or before the first day of October in each 
year, and as often as may be required by the State Veterinarian, 
report to him in writing, in such detail as may be required, his 
work and the conditions of the sheep industry in his section of 
the state. (Sec. 3233, R. & B.) 

ANNUAL REPORT TO GOVERNOR. 

Sec. 45. The State Veterinarian shall make this a part of 
his annual report each year to the governor, upon all matters 
connected with his work for the year ending. (Sec. 3234, 
R. & B.) 

WRONGFUL HANDLING OF SHEEP BY INSPECTORS— PENALTY. 

Sec. 46. All officers appointed under the provisions of this 
act shall use every precaution to protect the sheep under their 
oare from injury and shall select proper places for quarantine 
and dipping, and shall so enforce quarantine regulations as 
to make the expenses as light as possible upon the owner, con- 
sistent with public interest; and any officer who by virtue of 
power conferred upon him under this act, wilfully oppresses, 
wrongs or injures any person, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by 
a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five 
hundred dollars. (Sec. 3235, R. & B.) 

MINGLING INFECTED SHEEP— LIABILITY OF OWNER. 

Sec. 47. Whenever any sheep suffering from scab or any 
infectious or contagious disease shall mingle with healthy ani- 



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mals belonging to another, through the fault or negligence of 
the owner of said diseased sheep, his agent or employees, such 
owner shall be liable in an action at law for all damages sus- 
tained by the owner of such healthy sheep. (Sec. 3236, R. & B.) 

DISPOSITION OF FINES— LIEN ON SHEEP. 

Sec. 48. All fines and penalties imposed under the pro- 
visions of this act shall be collected in behalf of and in the 
name of the state and shall become a part of the general fund 
thereof, and the offenses herein declared to be misdemeanors 
shall be prosecuted by the several prosecuting attorneys of 
the state in the superior courts thereof in the same manner 
that misdemeanors are prosecuted under the general laws of 
the state. And it is hereby made incumbent upon such prose- 
cuting attorneys to foreclose liens herein provided, when neces- 
sary, and to act in either civil or criminal matters under this 
act when requested to do so by the Veterinarian or his deputies. 
(Sec. 3237, R. & B.) 

COUNTY TO FURNISH SUPPLIES. 

Sec. 49. It shall be the duty of the boards of county com- 
missioners of the several counties in this state to furnish free 
to the deputy sheep inspectors all the books, blanks, and other 
stationery necessary for them in the performance of their duties. 
Such books and stationery as may be needed by the State Veter- 
inarian shall be furnished by the state. (Sec. 3238, R. & B.) 

ACTION ON INSPECTOR'S BOND. 

Sec. 50. The official bonds provided in this act shall be 
given to the state as herein provided, but may be sued upon 
by any person injured because of the negligent or unfaithful 
performance of duty upon the part of the official giving such 
bond: Provided, That no action shall be instituted after six 
months have elapsed from the date the cause of such action 
accrued. (Sec. 3239, R. & B.) 



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SPREADING DISEASE— LIABILITY OF OWNER— LIEN— ACTIONS. 

Sec. 51. Nothing in this act shall be construed as exempt- 
ing any person owning sheep from liability in a civil action 
for damages for negligently or carelessly spreading scab, or 
scabies, or any other contagious or infectious diseases, but 
any person so spreading or causing said disease to be spread, 
either personally or through his agents in charge of sheep 
belonging to him, shall be liable in a civil action for damages 
sustained by any other person for injury to such other per- 
son's sheep by the infecting of such sheep with the scab or 
scabies or any other contagious or infectious disease, the same 
as if this act had not been passed, and no certificate issued under 
the provisions of this act shall be any defense or excuse in an 
action for damages of this character. Any damages that may 
be recovered in such a civil action for damages shall be a lien 
upon the sheep infected as stated herein by any other band or 
herd of sheep, for which infection such suit may have been 
brought, and the court in rendering judgment in any action 
brought for such damages shall declare such judgment to be a 
lien upon such sheep and direct them to be sold under special 
execution to pay such judgment. (Sec. 3240, R. & B.) 

FORECLOSURE OF LIENS— COSTS AND ATTORNEY'S FEES. 

Sec. 52. The liens herein provided for shall be foreclosed 
by an action brought in the superior court for the county 
wherein the lien originated in the name of the said county 
by the prosecuting attorney for said county as chattel mort- 
gages are foreclosed by a suit in superior court, and upon 
commencing such an action in said court the prosecuting attor- 
ney shall immediately move for the appointment of a receiver 
to take charge of said sheep and keep the same pending the 
action, and it shall be the duty of the court to appoint such 
receiver without notice, and all the expense thereof and all the 
costs that are taxed in civil actions between individuals shall be 
taxed up in favor of the county in such a proceeding, and an 
attorney's fee of fifty dollars, shall be taxed in such a proceed- 
ing in addition to the attorney's fee allowed by law in a civil 



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action, and all the said costs and attorney's fees shall be paid 
into the county treasury and shall be credited to the same fund 
to which the fees collected by county officers are credited : Pro- 
vided, That the sheep inspector may employ an attorney to 
assist the prosecuting attorney in such case, when said attor- 
ney's fees will go to such attorney so employed. (Sec. 3241, 
R. &B.) 

Note. — Reference originally made in the statutes to others as ex- 
ecutive or enforcing officers now apply solely to the Commissioner of 
Agriculture or his authorized representative. 



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STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



ORDER NO. 2. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO 
QUARANTINE FOR TUBERCULOSIS. 



1. All reacting animals to the tuberculin test shall at once be 
separated from the non-reactors and quarantined in such a manner 
that they will not come in contact either directly or indirectly with 
non-reactors or healthy animals. 

2. All stables, corrals, and barns where tubercular animals are 
found to have been housed, must be thoroughly disinfected as pre- 
scribed by the Department of Agriculture. 

3. No employe or person shall be allowed to handle or milk dis- 
eased cattle and thereafter handle or milk healthy cattle unless he or 
she change their clothing and thoroughly wash and cleanse their hands. 

4. Unless the person in charge of reacting animals shall indicate 
to the examining Veterinarian immediately on conclusion of tuberculin 
test that it is desired to employ the Bang System or hold animals in 
quarantine as provided in these rules and regulations, the entire herd 
shall be quarantined and the sales therefrom prohibited. 

5. No milk or dairy product from a tubercular animal, or an ani- 
mal that has reacted to the tuberculin test, shall be offered for human 
consumption unless permission is first received from the Commissioner 
of Agriculture. 

6. No milk or dairy product from a tubercular animal, or an ani- 
mal that has reacted to the tuberculin test, shall be used for feeding 
any other animal unless such milk has been properly pasteurized. 

7. All reacting animals shall be marked in such a manner as to 
enable their identity to be retained. 

8. Quarantined animals must not be moved or offered for sale, 
except upon written permission from the Commissioner of Agriculture, 
or his authorized agent. 

9. Penalty: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of 
these rules or regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Sec. 2, Chapter 100, Laws of 1915. 
Wilson Johnston, H. T. Graves, 

Elmer E. Heg, Commissioner of Agriculture, 

Frederick R. Hedges, Olympia, Wash. 

Mrs. Marion M. McCreedie, 

State Board of Health. 
Effective June 11, 1915. 



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STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



ORDER NO. 3. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO HOG 
CHOLERA AND SWINE PLAGUE. 



Rule 1. When an outbreak of hog cholera or swine plague appears, 
the owner must immediately notify the Commissioner of Agriculture, 
or an authorized veterinary inspector of the Department of Agriculture. 

The said officer shall quarantine all portions of the premises upon 
which hog cholera exists, and placard same with card furnished for this 
purpose. 

Rule 2. All persons, except the owner, duly authorized assistants, 
medical advisor, are forbidden to enter an enclosure where diseased 
hogs are confined. 

Rule 3. Hogs must not be moved from any quarantined premises 
except by permission of the Commissioner of Agriculture or his author- 
ized agent. 

Rule 4. It shall be the duty of the owner, or any other person 
having in charge any swine that have died of any disease, immediately 
upon the fact of such death coming to his knowledge to burn the same 
to ashes and clean and thoroughly disinfect his pens, yards, and swine 
houses. 

Rule 5. No person shall feed any hotel, restaurant or eating 
house swills or refuse of packing house offal to swine unless the same 
has been thoroughly cooked and rendered free from the possibility of 
carrying hog cholera or other infection that might be transmitted 
through a cholera infected ham or bacon rind. All dogs in a district 
where hog cholera is known to exist must be restrained from running 
at large and must be confined to owner's premises. 

Rule 6. All railroad cars, steamboats and other means of trans- 
porting hogs must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected before hogs 
shall be allowed shipment if for purposes other than immediate slaugh- 
ter. 

Rule 7. All hogs allowed to come in contact with any public corral, 
yard, chute, or undisinfected railroad car shall be considered as exposed 
to hog cholera and shall not be sold for feeding or breeding purposes 
unless immunized with Anti-Hog-Cholera Serum. 

The violation of these rules and regulations constitutes a misde- 
meanor. 

Sec. 2, Chapter 100, Laws of 1915. 
Wilson Johnston, H. T. Graves, 

Elmer E. Heg, Commissioner of Agriculture, 

Frederick R. Hedges, Olympia, Wash. 

Mrs. Marion M. McCreedie, 

State Board of Health. 
Effective June 11, 1915. 



27 

STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



ORDER NO. 4. 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SALE, DISTRIBU- 
TION AND USE OF ANTI-HOG-CHOLERA SERUM, 
ALSO THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION AND 
USE OF SERUM AND VIRUS WITHIN 
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 



1. All anti-hog-cholera serum sold within the state or imported 
into the State of Washington for sale, distribution or use shall be pro- 
duced under a license issued by the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry, 
Department of Agriculture. 

(a) The use of anti-hog-cholera serum is not restricted in any way. 

2. The sale, distribution or use of virus shall be prohibited except 
under the following conditions, to-wit: 

(a) All virus used for immunizing hogs against cholera shall be 
administered by an authorized veterinary inspector of the Department 
of Agriculture. 

(ft) No virus shall be shipped into the State of Washington or 
sold for distribution except to an authorized veterinary inspector of the 
Department of Agriculture. 

(c) All hogs subjected to the simultaneous method of immuniza- 
tion, together with all yards, corrals, sheds or feeding lots to which said 
hogs have access (which corrals, yards, sheds, or feed lots must not be 
adjoining a public highway), must be quarantined for a period of not 
less than thirty days. Conspicuous notices of quarantine shall be posted 
upon said premises in the form of a placard furnished by the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. 

(d) All hogs subjected to the simultaneous method of immuniza- 
tion must be dipped in one of the standard recognized dips before being 
released from quarantine, and all yards, corrals, sheds or feed lots in 
which said hogs had access must be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. 
Dipping of hogs, thorough cleaning and disinfecting of yards, corrals, 
sheds, or feed lots must be done under the supervision of an inspector 
of the Department of Agriculture. 

3. Veterinary inspectors administering virus shall immediately 
render full report to the Commissioner of Agriculture, giving names 
and addresses of owners and number of hogs treated. 

4. The violations of any of the above rules and regualtions will 
constitute a misdemeanor. 

Sec. 2, Chapter 100, Laws of 1915. 
Wilson Johnston, H. T. Graves, 

Elmer E. Heg, Commissioner of Agriculture. 

Frederick R. Hedges, Olympia, Wash. 

Mrs. Marion M. McCreedie, State Board of Health. 
Effective June 11, 1915. 



STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



ORDER NO. 5. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING GLANDERS 

OR FARCY. 



1. In all cases of suspected glanders or farcy, the owner or party 
in charge shall immediately isolate the suspected animals, then notify 
the Commissioner of Agriculture, describing symptoms exhibited by 
suspected animals, and advising of the present location of the isolated 
animals. 

2. When the Commissioner of Agriculture or his regularly auth- 
orized agent determines by unmistakable examination that an animal 
is affected with a dangerous, communicable disease known as glanders 
or farcy, such animals shall be destroyed and the carcases immediately 
disposed of by burning or burying not less than six (6) feet in the earth. 

3. Immediately after slaughter the premises must be thoroughly 
disinfected as prescribed by the examining Veterinarian. All exposed 
or contact horses must be quarantined on the premises and tested with 
mallein or complement fixation test at the earliest possible moment, 
and all typical reactors destroyed. After premises and all objects with 
which the diseased animals have come in contact have been burned 
or thoroughly disinfected, all animals mallein tested that have failed 
to react may be released from quarantine. 

Sec. 2, Chapter 100, Laws of 1915. 

Wilson Johnston, H. T. Graves, 

Elmer E. Heg, Commissioner of Agriculture, 

Frederick R. Hedges, Olympia, Wash. 

Mrs. Marion M. McCreedie, 

State Board of Health. 
Effective June 11, 1915. 



;ndment One tc Quarantine C^sr ' S) 



STATE OF rASHINSTON 

tIT OF AGRICULTURE, 



Rules and Regulations Relating to Importation of 
Horses, cattle and Swine into Washington. 



1. That the Importation of pure bred swine by express in crates 
is hereby permitted when accompanied by an affidavit of the owner, 
countersigned by the State Veterinarian, to the effect that said 
swine, to the best of his knowledge and belief, are not affected 
with cholera, necrobacillosis, or other contagious and infectious 
swine disease, and that cholera has not existed upon the premis- 
es from which said swine have been removed for a period of not 
less than six norths immediately prior to date of shipment. Also 
that said swine have not been subjected to the serum-virus treat- 
ment within thirty days immediately prior to data ot snr^ment . 

2. Swine which have been shipped, transported or otherwise moved 
into. .the State of V/ashington from public stock yards for purpos- 
es other than for immediate slaughter, shall be segregated or 
held in quarantine for a period of three weeks. 

E. F. BENSON 



Ccx;r,issioner of Agriculture. 
J. E. BROWN, 



President, State Board of Health. 

01 y mp i a , Wa -:,h i n ._ t o n . 
February 27, 1'^lS. 

(Seal, State Department of Agriculture) 



29 

STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



ORDER NO. 6. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATING TO IMPORTA- 
TION OF HORSES, CATTLE AND SWINE 
INTO WASHINGTON. 



1. Horses, mules, asses, cattle and swine, except for immediate 
slaughter or grazing in transit, as provided in section 7, chapter 100, 
Laws of 1915, must he examined and found free from infectious or 
contagious diseases, which freedom from disease shall be established by 
a certificate of health, signed by a federal or authorized veterinarian of 
state wherein the shipment originates. 

2. In the case of cattle over six months of age intended for dairy 
or breeding purposes, said certificate of health shall also include a 
complete temperature record indicating that each animal thereof failed 
to react to the tuberculin test. 

3. In the case of swine, except for immediate slaughter, said certi- 
ficate of health shall also include statement that said swine have been 
immunized by Dorset-McBride-Niles serum method within thirty days 
prior to the time of shipment. Swine for immediate slaughter will be 
admitted without inspection when billed to regularly established abat- 
toirs. 

4. Certificates of health issued by veterinarians other than those 
in the employ of the U. S. government must be approved by the State 
"Veterinarian of the state wherein the shipment originates. 

5. The certificate of health as herein provided must accompany 
bill of lading and a copy mailed on date of shipment to the Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture by the agent of transportation company handling 
the shipment. 

6. Where animals are imported on the hoof a copy of health certi- 
ficate shall be mailed immediately to Commisisoner of Agriculture by 
the owner of the livestock to be imported. 

7. Special permission, as provided in section 7, chapter 100, Laws of 
1915, is hereby granted transportation companies to carry horses, mules, 
asses, cattle and swine into the State of Washington, provided that all 
state certificates of health bear the approval of the state official in 
charge of livestock sanitation of the state from which the shipment is 
made and that copy of certificate is mailed by agent as provided in 
paragraph 5 of this regulation. 

Sec. 2, Chapter 100, Laws of 1915. 
Wilson Johnston, H. T. Graves, 

Elmer E. Heg, Commissioner of Agriculture, 

Frederick R. Hedges, Olympia, Wash. 

Mrs. Marion M. McCreedie, State Board of Health. 
Effective June 11, 1915. 



STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



ORDER NO. 7. 



REGULATIONS RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF 

SHEEP. 



1. No sheep for breeding or grazing purposes shall be imported 
into the State of Washington except when examined by an official 
veterinarian at the point of origin and found free from contagion or 
communicable disease. 

2. Certificate of health shall accompany shipment and copy shall 
be mailed to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Olympia, Washington, 
by the transportation agents handling the shipment. 

3. In the event that sheep are imported on the hoof, the owner 
shall forward certificate of inspection to Commissioner of Agriculture, 
Olympia, Washington. 

4. Sheep imported for immediate slaughter will be admitted with- 
out inspection provided they are billed direct to slaughtering estab- 
lishments. 

Sec. 2, Chapter 100, Laws of 1915. 

Wilson Johnston, H. T. Graves, 

Elmer E. Heg, Commissioner of Agriculture, 

Frederick R. Hedges, Olympia, Wash. 

Mrs. Marion^ M. McCreedie, 

State Board of Health. 
Effective June 11, 1915. 



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STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 



To Veterinary Inspectors: 

1. All applications for tests should be made direct to the Commis- 
sioner of Agriculture, on official forms. 

2. Make all tests carefully and in accordance with recognized 
rules. 

3. Immediately on conclusion of test, determine owner's option 
and have disposition agreement signed. 

4. Make an immediate appraisal of reacting animals to be 
slaughtered and have owner sign appraisal. (Form 1.) 

5. All reacting or diseased animals should be carefully described 
on Form 1. 

6. Arrange for immediate slaughter of animals to be disposed of 
by slaughter, and report results of post mortem examination on orig- 
inal temperature chart. 

7. All reacting animals to be disposed of by slaughter are under 
supervision of Veterinary Inspector, therefore it is necessary to know 
results of post mortem and amount derived from sale of carcass. 

8. Quarantine should be issued to owner or agent in person on 
reacting animals to be held in quarantine under quarantine option. 
See that owner understands terms of rules and regulations relating to 
control of animals in quarantine. Placard quarantined premises with 
official card. 

9. File all reports at earliest possible date on official blank as we 
do not desire our files filled with correspondence. 

Address all communications to Commissioner of Agriculture, Olym- 
pia, Washington. 



AMEKDZIEKT 1 TO STATE OF WASHINGTON DSPARTME IT OF AGRICULTURE ORDER NO. 7 

Regulations Relating to Importation of Sheep. 
Effective on and after March 19, 1918. 



Under the authority conferred upon the Commissioner of Agriculture 
by the provisions of the laws of the State of Washington, it is ordered that 
Department of Agriculture Order No. 7, dated June 11, 1915, be hereby amended 
to read as follows; 

Sheep for breeding, grazing or feeding purposes will be admitted 
into the State of Washington only upon the following conditions: 

1. That they be accompanied by a certificate of health from an 
inspector of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, or a veterinary 
inspector of the State Livestock Sanitary Board of the State in which the 
shipment originated, 

2. Satisfactory proof in the form of an affidavit must be sub- 
mitted by the owner or his agent, stating that the sheep have been in the 
district from which shipped at least sixty days next preceding the date of 
importation and that no scabies or other contagious or infectious disease 
affecting sheep has existed among them nor among sheep with which they have 
come in contact for sixty days past. 

3. If shipped, the affidavit must state that they have been 
handled in clean and disinfected cars and vessels direct from the farm or 
range . 

Sheep imported for immediate slaughter vail be admitted without 

inspection, provided they are billed direct to slaughtering establishments 

and have originated from a district free from scabies. 

E. F. Benson, 

Commissioner of agriculture. 



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STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



DISPOSITION AGREEMENT. 



(Date) 

To the Commissioner of Agriculture: 

This is to certify that I " , a duly 

authorized veterinarian of the State Department of Agriculture, did on 

the day of , 191. ., personally examine by means 

of the tuberculin test, the animal., described on form.. No. 1, which 

is — -are owned by , Postoffice , 

County , State 



This side for animals to be re- 
tained and segregated as pro- 
vided in rules and regulations. 

Having personally made the 
examination as above stated, it 
is my opinion that No 



This side for animals to be 
slaughtered with indemnity. 

Having personally made the 
examination as above stated, it 
is my opinion that No. ........ 



are suffering from the infectious 
or contagious disease known as 
TUBERCULOSIS, and their con- 
dition is such that I recommend 
their segregation under quaran- 
tine option as provided by law. 

Veterinarian. 

I desire to keep the above 
mentioned animals under the 
provisions of Chap. 100, Session 
Laws of 1915, and agree to com- 
ply with all the provisions of 
such laws and regulations of 
the Department of Agriculture 
in relation thereto. 

Owner. 

Postoffice. 



are suffering from the infectious 
or contagious disease known as 
TUBERCULOSIS, and their con- 
dition is such that I deem reme- 
dial measures would be inef- 
ficient and impractical, and rec- 
ommend order to suppress or pre- 
vent such disease from spread- 
ing. 

"Veterinarian. 

I desire to have the above 
mentioned animals taken by the 
Department of Agriculture under 
the provisions of Chap. 100, Sec. 
2, Session Laws 1915. 

Owner. 
Postoffice. 



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STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



RECOGNIZED DISINFECTANTS. 



A five per cent, solution of pure carbolic acid. 

Chloride of lime, U. S. P. Strength (30 per cent, available chlorine), 
one pound to three gallons of water. 

Formaldehyde, one quart 40 per cent, solution to five gallons of 
water. 

A 3 per cent, solution of Cresol Compound U. S. P., or accepted 
substitute therefor, containing at least 50 per cent, cresylic acid. 

SOLUTION FOR DIPPING SWINE. 

A 2 per cent, solution of Cresol Compound, U. S. P. Strength. To 
make a 2 per cent, solution add three ounces to one gallon of water. 



34 

STATE OF WASHINGTON, 
Department of Agriculture. 



INTERSTATE LIVESTOCK FEES. 

Relating to Endorsed Practitioners in Washington. 



The following charges for interstate inspection of livestock are 
recommended : 

Sheep, physical inspection, $8.00 per diem and expenses. 

Cattle, physical inspection, $8.00 per diem and expenses. 

Swine, physical inspection, $8.00 per diem and expenses. 

(If inspection is made in resident city or town of veterinarian mak- 
ing same, three cars or under shall be classified as one-half day.) 

Swine, immunization $0.25 per head. (Owner to furnish serum, 
help, and incidental materials.) 

Horses, physical inspection, $2.50 per car and expenses. (Minimum 
charge of $5.00.) 

Horses, mallein tested: 

When test is made in other locality than resident city or town of 
veterinarian conducting test, $1.00 per head and all necessary expenses 
with a minimum charge of $15.00. 

When test is made in resident city or town of veterinarian conduct- 
ing the test, the charges will be: 

One animal, $5.00. 

Two animals, $10.00. 

Three to fifteen animals, $15.00. 

Fifteen head and over, per head, $1.00. 

Tuberculin testing: 

Charges will be the same as for mallein testing. 

Disinfecting stock cars: 

$5.00 per diem and expenses. 

The charges for disinfecting all livestock cars and stockyards are 
to be assessed against the transportation companies. 

June 11, 1915. 

Note. — List of veterinarians endorsed for the interstate inspection 
of livestock will be furnished on application. 



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